What it's like on the northernmost tip of Japan
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Continuing the journey to Cape Soya, the northernmost point in Japan, I woke up at a hostel in Sapporo. I then went to Sapporo Station to ride the Soya limited express train to Wakkanai, the closest city. Along the way, I was treated to a beautiful view of the Hokkaido countryside.
After arriving in Wakkanai Station, I had to quickly board the bus to get to Cape Soya. This was the last bus I could take, because they don't run that often, and it would give me 30 minutes to see the northernmost point of the country. There were lots of different monuments there including the Monument of Peace, the Tower of Prayer, a statue of Mamiya Rinzo, and more.
In the distance you could just make out the Sakahlin Islands, a part of Russia. I saw as much as I could, but the temperature was below freezing, so I took refuge in the bus shelter until the bus arrived.
Afterwards, I got back to a hotel, then checked out the North Breakwater Dome in Wakkanai. Pretty cool structure, and added to the mystique of the frozen landscape. I then had a bowl of ramen at a little restaurant near the station called Hitoshi no Mise.
Then it was time to go to sleep for one last leg of the journey, heading back to Tokyo, but stopping in Sapporo on the way.
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Ever since I was a little kid I've looked at parts of maps that seemed isolated or removed and fantasized about traveling to those places. Thanks for the video. Takes me back to that wondering feeling.
Same I always zoom into little Islands in the Pacific Ocean or North Korea
@@Rudenbehr Yeah, like....who lives there? And what life long childhood memories are tied to that place? Shoot, I drive through neighborhoods here in the U.S. and wonder that. I had an amazing "kickball in the street" upbringing. I imagine all the groups of kids in their neighborhoods around the world doing the same thing - Different lives, different experiences but those same golden feelings looking back.
@@cfjelde Super cool to think about. For me, whenever I open up google maps for something, I almost always end up spending extra time just scrolling around the map and looking at those small, isolated places. Pop open satellite view or street view if it's available, and just imagine what it'd be like to go explore there or work there. Seeing little houses and in these secluded spots, or scenic lookouts by the ocean that probably no one gets to experience except for a few locals.
I do the exact same! Maybe we need to take a lesson from Mr. AdventureArchives and force ourselves to go exploring. Happy travels, my friend! :)
I have the same feeling. I often find myself lost in the lakes in high altitude Siberia or Alaska, remote islands in the Pacific Ocean and the hilly cape in Northeast Asia. Even today that still brings me a lot of fun.
You wondered what kind of businesses were up there… Since it’s the northern most point in Japan and closest to Russia every kind of Japanese military is up there as well, the Navy, army, the Air Force. And they all have bases and all kinds of radar and stuff. Also that is where some of the best kelp is gathered. Also, uni/ウニ and Hotate/ホタケare fished. I heard that those fishermen only work two or three months a year and they make a ton of money.
Deer in herds come down into the city every night. My son runs a guest house up there and he says the deer are all over the place even downtown.
Bases are in central/southern parts of Hokkaido, and the northern bits are pretty dead for the cold seasons. Shuttered storefronts except for chains and convenience stores, unfortunately. As a restaurant owner, sea urchin increasingly favors California because it's freshly available throughout most of the year. I still think Hokkaido seafood is sooo worth it if you can get some before they export them
it a place people to go when bored and run out of place to go..
From the city website it looks like the oil and LNG projects on the Sakhalin Island are a big driver of the local economy.
Damn that sounds like heaven
It's better to live next to Russia in the north than it is to live close to china in the south
Where are we?
“Wakkanai”
almost comedy gold
That's gotta be cause for confusion sometimes lol.
I was hoping someone would comment that, I made that joke in japan but no one laughed
Underrated sir. Underrated
@@giorgiocaldesi3815 oof haha
High quality content. Relaxed and genuine, unlike most vloggers.
“HEY GUYS!!! ANNOYING VLOGGER4:2069 HERE! AND TODAY WERE GOING TO BE VISITING THE NORTHERNMOST TIP OF JAPAN! *AIRHORN SOUNDS* MAKE SIRE TO SMASH THOSE LIKE AND SUBSCRIBE BUTTONS!!!11!!1!”
Just my pace. Truly god tier vlog.
@@masamune2984 Ima just click on that tag there if you don't mind : )
that's just children's content really. I mean even the titles and thumbnails either have primary colors so bright and saturated that I lose cones in my retina or have the word "challenge" "3am" and " SPOKE TO ME???"
Definitely agree with this, especially the fact there isn't a lo-fi Creative Commons hip hop beat over every second of it ^^
I know several travel vlogs that are otherwise excellent, but just can't leave their footage to speak for itself - well done to AdventureArchives for breaking the mould. Less is more!
Just want to let you know that TH-cam is promoting your stuff brotha, I found you on my feed. Keep it up man. !!
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+3 ❤😍😃😘🦃👍
+4 ^_^
+5 ;-)
"I can see Russia from my house."
My favorite island of the Rising Sun, Hokkaido.
Thank you for bringing me the memories from my childhood! :)
I used to live on Sakhalin island, and I visited Wakkanai a few times, mainly because my dad used to work there every summer. He was an interpreter for Wakkanai Chamber of Commerce, and the business with Russia was thriving in the 90's and 2000's. Even the road signs were translated to Russian, because lots of Russian fishermen came to sell the goods (mainly crabs), and do some shopping in the town.
I know that there's nothing much to see there in Wakkanai compared to the big cities, but if you're up for a change of pace - this town can still offer a few more things that you didn't see.
First, you should've come in summer. It doesn't get really hot there, only 20-25 degrees Celsius in July - August, so don't expect it to be a beach resort. What you can expect, is the beautiful nature and the delicious seafood. I recall there was a ramen place that had a crab ramen, and and it was just perfect! Also, on the other side of Wakkanai bay there is cape Noshappu, and they serve sea urchin rice bowls there. Absolutely amazing!
As for the rest of the attractions, there's also a Cold Current Aquarium at the tip of the cape Noshappu, they have seals, dolphins and even penguins. I totally loved it as a kid. In Wakkanai itself, there is a tower on top of the mountain. You can see it from pretty much every spot in the town. It has a decent history museum inside, and an observation deck. And yes, you can see Sakhalin from there, when the weather is good.
There is a wooden onsen complex downtown. It is pretty good, and especially enjoyable when it's cold outside. And if I'm not mistaken, there's also a Russian cuisine restaurant nearby, also quite nice.
And once you've seen it all and tasted it all in Wakkanai, you can take a ferry to Rebun and Rishiri islands. The the views are absolutely breathtaking. And if you're hungry - they can offer you a unique and delicious bowl of Rishiri kombu ramen.
Well, that seems to be it. Man, I didn't even realize I missed this place so much. :)
This comment should be pinned so it's not missed ❤️ Very beautiful
Underrated comment, for sure!
Thanks for sharing that! It was interesting to hear from someone who lived nearby!
So, your going to the southernmost point after this, right?
I actually was thinking of doing this, but just ended up not having enough time. Next time!
you're
@@PadreKastoro Yonaguni in Okinawa prefecture.
@@user-td8if4fb1v That'd right I mixed it.
@@user-td8if4fb1v You are so true, I lived in Okinawa for three years and people always talked about the westmost convenient store in Japan haha
Wakkani is my home town. This made me tear up so much because I haven't seen it in a decade. I also laugh so hard because you were disbelief that we live there. The town is very quiet. The snow does that which insulates sounds quite well. I love the snow and how cold it is there. Also at 23:56, coincidentally that's my name hahaha.
You should visit your hometown soon, that is if your health and finances allow it.
I’ve been there 25 yrs ago. It seems absolutely nothing has changed!!
U work there?
Oh no! I live in the US and thought that it looked futuristic! I guess we really are kinda crummy over here.
When he walks in the snow it sounds like the Minecraft eating noise.
Alternately, when you hear the Minecraft eating noise, it sounds like him walking in the snow. :) Never play the game without thinking of the northernmost tip of Japan again.
Sounds more like the dirt sound effects, like when you break it and place it. Though eating noises do work as well haha
I'm loving the sounds.
Those pedestrian-crossing "beep-boop...beep-beep-boop" sounds transport me right back to my first trip to Japan. Thanks! :)
13:40 Crazy how Russia is so massive it's only 43 km away from Japan, meanwhile someone from Norway could stand on the same spot just on a different side of the Russian border.
intresting comment lol
Thats why the Chitose airport is full of lots of McDonnell Douglas F-15 fighter jets in hardened bunkers...
Yes, Japan used to control the southern half of Sakhalin and the Kurils.
@@kenllacer yes and the floor is made out of floor
Yeah seriously, sometimes I wonder, how the HELL did russia get so big?!! Especially without modern technology
I typically don't watch travel vlogs that are more than 10 minutes, but somehow this video is an exception. I really enjoy this trip of yours, thanks so much for sharing your journey with us.
I feel you. 💞👏
Dude I love how you just talk like if you're talking to a friend everytime. No mask, no like "I'm a vloger" stuff. So cool, keep going
Dookie
why would a mask be bad?
This is giving off such a nice whimsical curious vibe. I love how chill this content is it’s really relaxing. Keep up the good work.
*Snowpoint City's music starts playing*
in german its called blizzach but i thought the same when i saw the map and the snow
I love your shooting style. Love the background music that matches the scenes perfectly. A good balance of speaking and non-talking moments. Hearing the natural surrounding environment once a while in between scenes is a big plus.
Good point about how we treat each other. Thanks for taking us along on the Adventures.
Thanks Ace! Hope you're doing well!
Thank you for watching everyone! So the dead thing on the ground at 24:20 was a cat. It was pretty gruesome and mummified so I thought it was best not to show it. Hahah, sorry for piquing everyone's curiosity and then not giving you the answer.
Thanks for your reply.
I lived for a year about 80 miles south of Wakkanai as a High School exchange student. Many people claimed that Hokkaido reminded them of Wisconsin. Lots of dairy, snow, etc. . . . Wakkanai is farther south than Portland, OR. The continental climatic influence from Siberia really cools it off. Excellent work again.
It certainly does look like Wisconsin. : )
"Why Humans (stay) here? Why they stay on this cold environment?"
My friend, you may start looking at Oymakon village at central Siberia. Where the cold is -71.2 Celcius or -96.16 Farenheit.
yeah wakkanai 's temperature doing the winter is -9 Celcius at most, like dude even in central Europe we have this temperature during winter sometimes like cmon its not that cold.
Wlodixpro lol im from the southwest usa where it gets up to 43 celsius, -9 celsius would kill me
You just switched the place and answered nothing. Wakkanai or Oymakon, the question is still why they want to stay there?
@@crazy808ish why do YOU live in your home, why dont you move? Same kind of question.
@@crazy808ish because you don't understand that other people who grow up in a certain environment and temperature often permanently acclimatize to it and end up liking it, and innovation and business lets people stay there, and culture reinforces it.
I would never want to live in the hot hellscape south of Northern Europe, because I'm not used to it, I never grew up to like it and I would sweat like a pig.
I miss Japan, thanks for taking me back.
When you upload I save it until I come back home from work so I could shower, cook a nice food and sit down while watching because vlog is so relaxing and therapeutic. Thank you for sharing Robby.
The weirdest part about that place, in terms of northerly latitude... it's only about as far north as Portland Oregon, but looks more like Nome Alaska.
The Siberian low makes northeast Asia much colder than what you’d expect from the latitude. You get the same effect on the east coast of North America, to a much lesser extent - which is why Portland is much colder than its namesake in Oregon despite being further south.
Take it to a European setting and it's about the same latitude as Milan, Italy.
Truly well done! Totally immersive experience, felt like I was right there with you. And GREAT music choices, really helped round out the vibe.
Great video!
Your music choices in this video were superb.
Why did I get super excited when I saw a Lawson Store?! When I was Japan I remember the convenience stores were incredible! I never had so much and so many types of good food!
First time viewer who thoroughly enjoyed your video. I immediately subscribed but have yet to check out your channel but will so as soon as I finish this post. I spent over 6 months in Japan in the early 70s while in the military. Fell in love with the culture but have never had the opportunity to return. Thank you for letting an old man vicariously relive his youth. Peace and Grace.
love the simplicity and depth of your vlogs
This is very lovely. Thank you for the experience.
Your story telling is very good, and your music is amazing.
I learn so much from these videos. Thank you so much for bringing us along!
Valuable and beautiful vedio..well done...what's the camera you used to do this recording meantime
Very nice vlog! You're so relaxed and cool. I'll also added this to my vacation list.
Thanks for taking us along with you on this adventure!
Lived in Sapporo for a year, and it, along with Hokkaido, is my personal favourite area in all of Japan. I took a 7 hour journey up to the Shiretoko Peninsula back in summer 2018 by car, and I never got bored of the journey, beautiful scenery and this feeling of mystery as you drove past farm after farm.
Love your videos, I've been looking for some vlogger that travels Japan without the incessant "HEY GUYS!!! ". You really make me feel I'm with you on this journey. Keep up the good work!
I love the wind, gray sky, snow, emptiness.... thank you for the awesome virtual trip.
Thanks for sharing your Japan adventure. It's wonderful to see!
Just started the episodes. I really hope you had a Sapporo in Sapporo!
Absolutely loving the Japan videos 🤩
Robby great adventure my friend ! You are a brave soul ! Thanks for taking us along for the ride. Safe Travels !
Saw this this morning and started watching. Wish I had the opportunity to get out and see Japan more when I was there. Thank you for sharing. I’m continuing on thru your collection. My kind of entertainment. Thanks.
I'm from Wisconsin, and I've always imagined Japan as a warm place, but I forget how far north the islands really go. It's nice to see some hearty northerners across the pond!
Loving the series. Also that breakwater dome feel very cathedral-ish.
It kind of reminds me of the amphitheatre in the Sound of Music, where the music festival is.
Loved the quiet and calm editing style, maching up the footage with the music.
This just popped up on my recommended and I'm glad it did! Great content :D
Great music on your videos!
+1.. The music is soo mellow and brought in memories of teletubbies and other awesome cartoon shows I used to watch as a kid 🥳
i love AA.. love the change of scenry
I saw the entire video, I loved the train ride (what beautiful landscapes) and how beautiful the adventure to go to the cape. Remarkable, many congratulations!!
I love this series man. I’m rewatching and binging the whole series again after I’ve watched it a few months ago already. It’s just sooo good. It reallly makes me wanting to go to japan.
wow, there is actually russian labeling in Wakkanai, that's surprising
Until two or three years ago there was a ferry between Wakkanai and Russia in the summer. I guess some Russians in the oil industry would pop over. I think there's flights too. I've had Japanese friends in Hokkaido who've visited Sakhalin.
@@andrewdunbar828
When Soviet Union was still around you could travel between Japan and USSR quite easily to the big cities, but it seems after fall of USSR its become harder to do so.
I want to go where the winter is as mild as it seems in Japan. It gets to be -51C/-60F here with terrible windchill. I would walk without a jacket there.
Yes! We were in Japan the same time as this video but didn't visit up north. The hotels we stayed at disabled the AC for winter months, we were sweating so bad!
Really great video! I discovered you guys a couple years ago when I was binging hiking videos while locked away at work. I am definitely staying for the Japan content. I lived there for 5 years and your enthusiasm for the culture and the country as a destination is so genuine and frankly makes me super natsukashii for my time there. Would love to get back for good one day!
So happy to have found this channel. I've been wanting to travel to Japan for years and this just makes me want to even more so! This was such a interesting video.
being locked up for months, this is just what I needed. thanks for taking us there hahaha can't even imagine how cold it was. it might have been tolerable if it wasnt windy
Locked why?
The music makes me feel like I'm playing a city-builder game and I dig it.
edit: I also love places like this. There's something that clicks in my brain as well when living in a densely populated area, and then I can shortly be out in a beautiful rural landscape. I live in CT now, and I absolutely love the ability to go from dense city to a beautiful farm, hills, or forests in 10 minutes or less. Not quite the breathtaking landscapes as northern Japan, but I guess I could travel a few hours further and be in the mountains of VT, NH or Maine. Thanks for taking us on this journey!
edit2: I also always wonder what people do for a living besides farming or harvesting the natural resources of the area in more remote locations. As someone pointed out, military presence is always a factor, but there are people that service the military, they service the farmers, the fishers, ferry/boat workers, the miners, the turbine technicians. There are probably general contractors up there for new buildings and all the office staff that comes with running a small business. Then there's always going to be teachers/school staff, municipal workers, fed/state government workers, lawyers (for various small companies and for local courts), engineers, doctors and their staff, and then all the workers and companies there to service them. As long as the transportation is adequate, which a lot of Japan's is, businesses and work can spring up in surprising areas!
This soothes my soul. Especially the music you choose.
Thank you Robby for making these videos!
That whole train ride looked a lot like where I live in interior BC. Mountains, coniferous trees, too much snow, small communities, cold as balls. But man, we do have pretty gorgeous summers. Wonder if it's the same in northern Japan.
Oh how I miss Canada 🍁
here"s a tip.....Next time, go in July
Fantastic video. I've always been fascinated with Hokkaido and this trip to the top point was a real treat!
I have been loving these videos. Allows me to dream. The commentry is just what I would be thinking living that experience. The quiet and solitude of an empty train station. Eerry but nice. Thank you for sharing your journey.
You're living the dream man
Bahahaha. He was complaining so much about how cold it is, and the temperature on the shop at 17:25 is only "-1.2 C". I mean, I don't doubt it was a bit chilly with the wind. But that's funny.
I enjoyed the video though.
That was a seriously entertaining video. Thank you for sharing it with us. 👍👍👍
The most beautiful vlogger with calm and composure and smooth tinge felt video
This is probably every introvert's dream
Just by hearing the voice of the Japanese public transport makes me want to go back there.
What a great adventure! Thanks for sharing it. I miss Japan every day. Such an amazing country.
I felt like I was just next to to you all along the trip, thank you for your incredible video. I hope some day I can go there.
"what's that dead thing on the floor?"... Aaaaaaand we'll never know! :D
Man everything about Japan looks beautiful. This is one of the places I want to visit one day. I've never been anywhere out of California before :(
Apparently though Japan is 93% the size of California. So since I've lived here all my life and haven't even been to many areas even in my own city that I've lived in my whole life, it's definitely possible that people could live their whole life in Japan without experiencing the whole place.
Just stumbled on your channel! I love the music vibe with the travel commentary!
I keep coming back to this video. This is amazing.
"Why do people need to be here?" :-DDDD You could ask the same question about the entire Finland. :-D
Great content!
Me: hey, it's cold, grey, and desolate! That looks a lot like Winter were I grew up! (Cleveland, Northeast Ohio, United States)
Him: This is a forbidding landscape that makes it hard to believe anybody lives here.
🤣 Yeah, that sounds exactly like the great lakes region in winter.
Jordan Thomas an ontarian agrees lmao
Thank you so much for sharing this experience
Thank you for making this. It's really well edited and wonderful to watch. Also, I liked how you made this video about the location and not about you.
Hokkaido - the Alaska of Japan. ♥
Except it isn't. Wakkanai is at the same latitude as Montreal, Canada and Milan, Italy. North, but not _way_ north.
Ah, my kind of place!
@@wwoods66 I'm from Argentina, the coldest south american country and its snow here massively especially in Southernmost Argentina
"Northernmost tip of Japan"
Russian: we call it south there
You do realize Vladivostok is further south from this point? Same latitude as Sapporo.
@@cianakril wow, all these facts just blow me away. When one thinks of Japan or Russia, you just don't picture the way it is in reality.
Love your cinematography.
Such a high quality video, just wow.
Thank you uploaded the video.I was born in Sapporo.but I lives U.S.now.
Which part of US??
He reminds me of Abed from"community"
Nice. Appreciated the Lonely Island reference!
Great vid. Brings back fond memories of my visit to Hokkaido and the magnificent seafood I've tasted there. Japan has been the best holiday I've had so far.
Ah, the hometown of one of my favorite bands, Galileo Galilei, or BBHF as they're now.
ANOHANA
I love their music too but honestly didn't know they're from Hokkaido which is apparently one of my favourites part of Japan.
Looks like the Japanese version of Newfoundland.
Thank you Huang.
Bringing Japan to your itinerary.thrilled to watch your peregrination in Japan.
I watched this a few times, thank you for making this. Heart strings pulled to walk the same route.
So someone who lives here can literally say, "I can see Russia from my house!" haha
I feel cold after watching this.
These landscapes you captured were so mesmerizing! Love seeing places I will never go to!! 😅😅
My favourite I've had on a train was on the way to Niseko/Kutchan from Sapporo.
There's a stretch on the way to Otaru where the rain line runs right next to the beach and since I was travelling during winter it was covered in snow, on top of that it was sunset and lightly snowing so it was just this scenic, magical view of waves crashing onto snow during golden hour.
Growing up in japan, tell me why I can SMELL this whole video. God.
What do you mean?
@@maligant4453 sometimes something is so nostalgic and deeply burned into your memory that you can imagine the smells. I have the same feeling for different things like back when I was in elementary school or camping.
@@ARPat2000 what he mean is.. what does Japan smell like?
@@idunnomaybe9429 yes, he's saying he grew up in Japan and the whole video is very familiar to him
The KAL 007 flight is pretty tragic. You'd think the Russians would establish communication and fly an interceptor to correct their course. I guess that's too much to ask for. Great video, I am glad the Japanese have a monument to those lives lost.
Hindsight 2020. : (
Years later, it came out that the US had actually placed electronic spying gear in the plane and got the pilot to intentionally fly over the big military bases on Sakhalin, gambling that the Russian's wouldn't shoot down a big civilian aircraft. I don't think the US ever tried that trick again.
@@lkrieg45 That doesn't surprise me in the slightest, but it is incredible knowledge to have. Both sides endangered life as much as they could to learn even a modicum of information. Peace on earth through the return of our Lord can't come soon enough. Mainly because in the game they're playing it doesn't end until all their pieces are gone.
I took the time to read through your website and found it very interesting. You have led a very enviable life. Personally, I may not be able to correspond with the late C.S. Lewis, but receiving a message from someone like you carries the same weight. Thank you and God bless.
Very nice video, very well edited. Makes me want to explore that part of Hokkaido now.
This editing and music selection is on point. Well done! Very relaxing for work background.